When I was growing up, my father used to advocate doing away with the fire department.
His reasoning was that, for the amount we paid for firemen and fire equipment, we could replace every building that burned down and have money left over.
The fallacy in that position is that if it weren’t for fire departments and firemen, many more buildings would burn down and no doubt cost far more in life and property loss than what we pay for the fire department.
Think about that when you hear arguments about how low the death toll is so we should do away with restrictions. There is an analogy there…
